[SOLVED] using php within a link within php

[runnerjp]

<?php  if($gettopic3['forumlock'] == 0){echo '<A href="index.php?page=reply&id=$id"><img src="http://www.runningprofiles.com/images/post_reply.gif" border="0"  /><br> </A>'; } else {echo 'forum is locked';} ?>

 

 

how would i get id=$id to work :S

[kbh43dz_u]

Don't use simple ' but " ... because everything within simple ' is not interpreted as PHP!

[Prismatic]

<?php
if($gettopic3['forumlock'] == 0)
{
    echo "<a href='index.php?page=reply&id={$id}'>[/url]";
}
else
{
    echo 'forum is locked';
}
?>

[runnerjp]

ok i did this

 

<?php  if($gettopic3['forumlock'] == 0)
{
    echo "<a href='index.php?page=reply&id={$id}'><img src="http://www.runningprofiles.com/images/post_reply.gif" border="0"  />[/url]";
}
else
{
    echo 'forum is locked';
} ?>

and i got expecting '' of ; for  echo "<a href='index.php?page=reply&id={$id}'><img src="http://www.runningprofiles.com/images/post_reply.gif" border="0" 

[wildteen88]

You need to escape any double quotes within a string which starts/ends in double quotes.

<?php  if($gettopic3['forumlock'] == 0)
{
    echo "<a href=\"index.php?page=reply&id=$id\"><img src=\"http://www.runningprofiles.com/images/post_reply.gif\" border=\"0\"  /></a>";
}
else
{
    echo 'forum is locked';
}
?>

[kbh43dz_u]

you have to escape the inner " because otherwise PHP thinks you want to end your string. change " to \" like this:

 

 

<?php  if($gettopic3['forumlock'] == 0)
{
    echo "<a href='index.php?page=reply&id={$id}'><img src=\"http://www.runningprofiles.com/images/post_reply.gif\" border=\"0\"  />[/url]";
}
else
{
    echo 'forum is locked';
} ?>

 

 

[runnerjp]

thanks guys... more added to my php smell knowledge to escape " within ""

[wildteen88]

thanks guys... more added to my php smell knowledge to escape " within ""

You mean \" right?

[kbh43dz_u]

no, he ment withIN "" (not "with")

[wildteen88]

Doh! Mis read the post.